RBI Grade B Exam Pattern (Prelims, Mains & Interview) & Syllabus

The RBI Grade B Exam Pattern & Syllabus: RBI Grade B exam is conducted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Every year the RBI opens the vacancy for Grade B Officers in its various branches all across the country. The Reserve Bank of India offers an excellent pay scale and reputed job profile, it lures thousands of candidates every year to take this examination. Interested Candidates must fill the Application form for this Exam and practice to qualify the Exam. Here in this article, Candidates can find the complete details of the Exam Pattern & Syllabus of the RBI Grade B.

RBI Grade B Exam Pattern:

The selection process of the RBI Grade B Exam is conducted in three phases:

  • Prelims exam (Phase-I) 
  • Mains exam (Phase-II)
  • interview process (Phase-III)

Prelims Exam Pattern:

  • The first stage of the RBI Grade B Exam will be the Preliminary Exam.
  • The Prelims exam is conducted by online mode.
  • There will be 4 sections in the Exam i.e, General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude, English Language & Reasoning.
  • The total marks allotted for all the sections are 200 and the total time allotted for the completion of all the sections is 120 minutes.
  • 0.25 marks will be deducted from every question that is attempted wrong by a candidate.
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Prelims Exam Pattern:

Serial N0. Section No. of Questions Maximum Marks Duration
1. General Awareness 80 80 2 hours
2. Quantitative Aptitude 30 30
3. English Language 30 30
4. Reasoning 60 60
Total 200 200

Mains Exam Pattern:

  • Mains Exam is the second stage of the RBI Grade B Exam.
  • The exam has total marks of 300 and The total time to complete the exam is 3 hours.
  • The mains examination is consists of 3 papers (Paper-I +Paper-II +Paper-III).
  • A total of 100 questions are asked in each section with 200 questions asked in the English Language Section.
Serial No. Section Paper Type Maximum Marks Duration
1. Paper-I: Economic and Social Issues Objective 100 90 minutes
2. Paper-II: English (Writing Skills) Descriptive (to be typed with the help of keyboard) 100 90 minutes
3. Paper-III: Finance & Management Objective Type 100 90 minutes

Interview:

The Last stage of the RBI Grade B Exam is the Interview process. The Candidates who will qualify the Mains Exam will be called for the Interview Process. The Interview will be of 50 marks. The minimum aggregate cut off marks for being shortlisted for the Interview will be decided by the Board with the number of vacancies. The Final Selection will be through merit list which will be prepared by adding marks secured by candidates in Phase-II examination and interview.

RBI Grade B syllabus:

The Syllabus is similar to the other Bank syllabus. RBI Grade B syllabus Contains the four major sections that a candidate needs to prepare to ace the preliminary exam. These are Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, and English Language and General Awareness. Here in the below table the details about the Prelims & Mains SYllbua of RBI Grade B Exam.

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Preliminary Exam syllabus:

The prelims exam of the RBI Grade B exam will contain topics like Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, English Language, and General Awareness. Here is the detailed syllabus:

Reasoning Quantitative Ability English Language General Awareness
Logical Reasoning Simplification Reading Comprehension Current Affairs
Alphanumeric Series Profit & Loss Cloze Test Indian Financial Systems
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test Mixtures &Alligations Para jumbles Indian Banking Systems
Data Sufficiency Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices Miscellaneous Monetary Plans
Coded Inequalities Work & Time Fill in the blanks National Institutions
Seating Arrangement Time & Distance Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting Banking Terms
Puzzle Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere Paragraph Completion
Tabulation Data Interpretation
Syllogism Ratio & Proportion, Percentage
Blood Relations Number Systems
Input-Output Sequence & Series
Coding-Decoding Permutation, Combination &Probability
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Mains Exam syllabus:

The Mains Exam of RBI Grade B exam will have 3 sections: Economic & Social Issues, Finance, and Management. The complete syllabus is given below:

Subject Syllabus
Economic & Social Issues
  • Growth and Development
  • Economic Reforms in India
  • Globalization
  • Social Structure in India
Finance
  • Financial System
  • Financial Markets
  • Risk Management
  • Basics of Derivatives
  • Development in the Financial Sector
  • Union Budget
  • Inflation
Management
  • Role of Manager
  • Human Resource Development
  • Motivation, Morale, and Incentives
  • Communication
  • Corporate Governance

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